Tag: Prof Ogundipe

UNILAG Crisis: FG suspends Babalakin as Pro Chancellor, ask Ogundipe to recuse self as VC

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government has directed the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin, and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin T.Ogundipe, to step aside from their official duties pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The information was announced in a press statement signed by the Federal Ministry of Education spokesman, Ben Goong. “Government also directs the Senate of the University of Lagos to immediately convene to nominate an acting Vice-Chancellor from amongst its members for confirmation by the Governing…

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UNILAG Crisis: Sacked VC heads to court, as Senate wants council dissolved

Ishaku Yohanna

The sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has engaged a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, to file a suit to challenge his removal from office. Ogundipe stated in the letter that the act of the Governing Council of the university “purportedly removing” him from office was “illegal and unconstitutional”, adding that it was “carried out without due process and contrary to the University Act and other extant laws governing discipline, suspension and removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the university.”  “I hereby formally brief you…

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